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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2008
Registration No. 333-
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
EnergySouth, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  58-2358943
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2828 Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama 36606
(251) 450-4774

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
G. Edgar Downing, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
EnergySouth, Inc.
2828 Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama 36606
(251) 450-4774

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
With a copy to:
M. Hill Jeffries
Justin R. Howard
Alston & Bird LLP
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 881-7000
 
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
     The following subsidiaries of EnergySouth, Inc. may be guarantors of debt securities offered by EnergySouth, Inc. and are Co-registrants:
         
Name of Additional Registrant   State of Incorporation or Organization   I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
EnergySouth Midstream, Inc.
  Alabama   63-1059107
EnergySouth Services, Inc.
  Alabama   63-0843795
2828 Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama 36606
(251) 450-4774

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each of the Co-registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
G. Edgar Downing, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
EnergySouth, Inc.
2828 Dauphin Street
Mobile, Alabama 36606
(251) 450-4774

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service for each Co-registrant)
 
      Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as determined by the Registrant.
     If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o
     If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. þ
     If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
     If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
     If this form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
     If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer o   Accelerated Filer þ   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                               
 
        Amount to be Registered/                  
        Proposed Maximum               Amount of  
  Title of Each Class of Securities to be     Aggregate Offering     Proposed Maximum Aggregate     Registration  
  Registered     Price Per Unit(1)     Offering Price(2)     Fee(3)(4)  
 
Debt Securities
                           
 
Common Stock
                           
 
Preferred Stock
                           
 
Warrants
                           
 
Guarantees of Debt Securities (4)
                           
 
Total
          $ 150,000,000       $ 5,895    
 
(1)   Not applicable pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3.
 
(2)   Includes such indeterminate number or amount of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, warrants and guarantees of debt securities as from time to time may be issued at indeterminate prices and as may be issuable upon conversion, redemption, exchange, exercise or settlement of any securities registered hereunder, including under any applicable antidilution provisions; provided that in no event will the aggregate initial offering price of all securities sold under this registration statement exceed $150,000,000. If any debt securities are issued at an original issue discount, the aggregate initial offering price as so discounted shall not exceed $150,000,000, notwithstanding that the stated principal amount of such debt securities may exceed such amount. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units consisting of more than one type of security registered hereunder.
 
(3)   Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and General Instruction II.D of Form S-3, which permits the registration fee to be calculated on the basis of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of all the securities listed.
 
(4)   The Co-registrants named in the Table of Additional Registrants above, or any of them, may fully and unconditionally guarantee any series of debt securities of EnergySouth, Inc. registered hereunder. Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no registration fee is payable with respect to any such guarantees.
 
      The Registrants hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section  8(a) , may determine.
 
 

 


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

         
PROSPECTUS   Subject to Completion, Dated April 11, 2008    
(ENERGYSOUTH INC. LOGO)
DEBT SECURITIES
COMMON STOCK
PREFERRED STOCK
WARRANTS
 
We may offer, issue and sell from time to time, together or separately, up to $150,000,000 of:
    debt securities, which may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries;
 
    shares of our common stock;
 
    shares of our preferred stock; and
 
    warrants.
This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to these securities. The specific terms of any securities to be offered will be described in a supplement to this prospectus. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you make your investment decision. This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.
We may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis. The supplements to this prospectus will describe the terms of any offering of these securities, including any underwriting arrangements. See “Plan of Distribution.”
Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the trading symbol “ENSI.” Each prospectus supplement will indicate if the securities offered thereby will be listed on any securities exchange.
You should carefully read and consider the risk factors included in our periodic reports and other information that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission before your invest in our securities.
 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
The date of this prospectus is      , 2008.

 


 

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We include cross references to captions elsewhere in this prospectus where you can find related additional information. The following table of contents tells you where to find these captions.
In this prospectus, except as otherwise indicated, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” mean EnergySouth, Inc. and all entities included in our consolidated financial statements.

 


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “SEC,” using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may, from time to time, sell:
  debt securities, which may be senior or subordinated, may be convertible and may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries;
 
  shares of our common stock;
 
  shares of our preferred stock; and
 
  warrants.
either separately or in units, in one or more offerings up to a maximum aggregate offering of $150,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of those securities. Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering, including the specific amounts, prices and terms of the securities offered. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement together with the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
You may obtain from the SEC, through the SEC’s website or at the SEC’s offices mentioned in the following paragraph, a copy of the registration statement, including exhibits, that we have filed with the SEC to register the securities offered under this prospectus. This prospectus is part of the registration statement and does not contain all the information in the registration statement on Form S-3. You will find additional information about us in the registration statement. Any statement made in this prospectus concerning a contract or other document of ours is not necessarily complete, and you should read the documents that are filed as exhibits to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC for a more complete understanding of the document or matter. Each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers.
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on our corporate website at www.energysouth.com . Information on our website does not constitute part of this prospectus. You may inspect without charge any documents filed by us at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain copies of all or any part of these materials from the SEC upon the payment of certain fees prescribed by the SEC. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the Public Reference Room.
We “incorporate by reference” into this prospectus documents we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus. Some information contained in this prospectus updates the information incorporated by reference, and information that we file subsequently with the SEC will automatically update this prospectus. In other words, in the case of a conflict or inconsistency between information set forth in this prospectus and information that we file later and incorporate by reference into this prospectus, you should rely on the information contained in the document that was filed later.
We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the documents listed below and any filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the “Exchange Act,” after the initial filing of the registration statement that contains this prospectus and prior to the time that all the securities offered by this prospectus have been issued as described in this prospectus (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been “furnished” and not “filed” in accordance with SEC rules):
  our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2007 (filed on December 14, 2007), and Amendment No. 1 thereto on Form 10-K/A (filed on January 8, 2008);
  our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended December 31, 2007 (filed on February 8, 2008);

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  our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on October 30, 2007, November 5, 2007, December 4, 2007, December 18, 2007, January 31, 2008 and March 25, 2008; and
  the description of our common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description.
You may request a copy of the registration statement, the above filings and any future filings that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, other than an exhibit to a filing unless that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference into that filing, at no cost, by writing or calling us at the following address: Office of the Secretary, EnergySouth, Inc., 2828 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama 36606; telephone: (251) 450-4774.
You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectus filed by us with the SEC and any information about the terms of securities offered conveyed to you by us, our underwriters or agents. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with additional or different information. These securities are only being offered in jurisdictions where the offer is permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectus is accurate as of any date other than their respective dates.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Statements contained in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and documents incorporated by reference herein which are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Generally, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “project,” “will” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause our or our industry’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, among others:
  fluctuations in natural gas prices, including changes in the historical seasonal variances in natural gas prices and changes in historical patterns of collections of accounts receivable;
 
  the prices of alternative fuels;
 
  the relative pricing of natural gas versus other energy sources;
 
  changes in historical patterns of consumption by temperature-sensitive customers;
 
  the availability of other natural gas storage capacity;
 
  failures or delays in completing planned storage cavern development;
 
  disruption or interruption of pipelines serving our storage facilities due to accidents or other events;
 
  the possibility that costs for major pipeline, storage and other construction projects may be significantly higher than currently budgeted or estimated;
 
  risks generally associated with the transportation and storage of natural gas;
 
  the possibility that contracts with storage customers could be terminated under certain circumstances, or not renewed or extended upon expiration;
 
  the prices or terms of any extended or new contracts;
 
  possible loss or material change in the financial condition of one or more major customers;
 
  market risks affecting risk management activities including market liquidity, commodity price volatility, increasing interest rates and counterparty creditworthiness;
 
  ability to continue to access the capital markets;
 
  liability for remedial actions under environmental regulations;
 
  liability resulting from litigation; national and global economic and political conditions;
 
  changes in tax and other laws applicable to the business;
 
  the Company’s ability to successfully achieve internal performance goals;
 
  competition;
 
  the effects of state and federal regulation, including rate relief to recover increased capital and operating costs, allowed rates of return and purchased gas adjustment provisions;

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  general economic conditions;
 
  specific conditions in the Company’s service area;
 
  the Company’s dependence on external suppliers, contractors, partners, operators, service providers, and governmental agencies; and
 
  other risks discussed in our filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended September 30, 2007 and our subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2007, which filings are available from the SEC.
You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, new events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

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OUR COMPANY
EnergySouth is an energy services holding company which, through our subsidiaries, distributes natural gas and engages in a diversified range of related natural gas operations. Our Mobile Gas Service Corporation subsidiary, or “Mobile Gas,” has provided natural gas in Southwest Alabama since 1933. Today, through our subsidiaries, we also own and operate underground gas storage and related pipeline facilities and provide natural gas marketing, trading and risk management activities.
Mobile Gas is engaged in the purchase, distribution, sale and transportation of natural gas to approximately 95,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in Southwest Alabama, including the City of Mobile. Mobile Gas’ service territory covers approximately 300 square miles. Mobile Gas also sells natural gas and other appliances to retail customers.
Our EnergySouth Midstream, Inc. subsidiary, or “Midstream,” through its majority-owned subsidiary Bay Gas Storage Company, Ltd., owns and operates underground gas storage and related pipeline facilities which are used to provide storage and delivery of natural gas for customers. Midstream’s EnergySouth Services, Inc., or “Services,” subsidiary, through its majority-owned subsidiary Southern Gas Transmission Company, provides natural gas transportation services from the facilities of Gulf South Pipeline Company to Alabama River Pulp Company, Inc. in Southwest Alabama. Our storage and transportation operations are currently located in Southwest Alabama, with additional operations planned at our Mississippi Hub gas storage facility under development near Jackson, Mississippi. Additionally, Services, through its office in Houston, Texas, manages and optimizes transportation and storage assets through natural gas marketing, trading and risk management activities.
Our executive offices are located at 2828 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama 36606, and our telephone number at that address is (251) 450-4774.
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
One or both of Midstream and Services, each of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of EnergySouth, may fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee any series of debt securities of EnergySouth offered by this prospectus, as set forth in a related prospectus supplement. Midstream owns 100% of the stock of Services and holds a 90.9% general partnership interest in Bay Gas Storage Company, Ltd. Services owns a 51% ownership interest in Southern Gas Transmission Company. As used in this prospectus, the term “Subsidiary Guarantors” means Midstream and Services, or either of them, as named in any applicable prospectus supplement as subsidiary guarantors of the debt securities of EnergySouth described in this registration statement.

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USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as may be otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement accompanying this prospectus, the net proceeds from the sale of the securities will be used for general corporate purposes, including:
  working capital;
 
  capital expenditures;
 
  acquisitions of or investments in businesses or assets; and
 
  redemption and repayment of short-term or long-term borrowings.
Pending application of the net proceeds, we may temporarily invest the net proceeds in short-term marketable securities.
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Our ratios of earnings to fixed charges for the five fiscal years ended September 30, 2007 and the three months ended December 31, 2007 are set forth below:
                                         
Three Months Ended   Year Ended September 30,
December 31, 2007   2007   2006   2005   2004   2003
2.48
    4.34       4.34       4.22       3.63       3.05  
For purposes of computing the ratios of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of the sum of pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries which incur fixed charges plus interest expense and amortization of capitalized expenses related to indebtedness. Fixed charges consist of interest incurred, whether expensed or capitalized, plus amortization of capitalized expenses related to indebtedness.
No ratio of combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends to earnings is shown because we have no outstanding preferred stock. Therefore, if shown, such ratios would be identical to the ratios of earnings to fixed charges shown above.

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
General
Unless stated otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the following description outlines the material terms of the senior debt securities and the subordinated debt securities, which we collectively refer to as the debt securities, that we may offer from time to time. The specific terms of any debt securities we may offer and the extent, if any, to which these general terms and provisions may or may not apply to the debt securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the particular series of debt securities.
We will issue the senior debt securities under an indenture which we will enter into with Regions Bank, Mobile, Alabama, as trustee. We will issue the subordinated debt securities under a separate indenture which we also will enter into with Regions Bank, as trustee. Any Subsidiary Guarantors of such debt securities also will be parties to such indentures. The indentures will be subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or the “Trust Indenture Act,” and we may supplement the indentures from time to time after we execute them.
The following description of the debt securities may not be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of either the senior or the subordinated indenture relating to the particular series of debt securities, each of which we have filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that contains this prospectus. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this description will have the meanings given to them in the indentures. Wherever we refer to particular sections or defined terms of the indentures, it is our intent that those sections or defined terms will be incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
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The debt securities will be our direct, unsecured obligations. The indebtedness represented by the senior debt securities will rank equally with all our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt but will be subordinated to all of our existing and future secured indebtedness, but only to the extent of the applicable collateral. The indebtedness represented by the subordinated debt securities will rank junior to our senior debt in right of payment, under the terms set forth in the subordinated indenture, and will be subject to our prior payment in full of our senior debt, all as described below under “—Subordination.”
The indentures will not limit the aggregate principal amount of debt securities that we may issue; however, the amount of debt securities we offer will be limited to the amount described on the cover of this prospectus. We may issue debt securities, in one or more series from time to time, as our board of directors may establish by resolution or as we may establish in one or more supplemental indentures. We may issue debt securities with terms different from those of debt securities we previously issued. We may issue debt securities of the same series at more than one time and, unless prohibited by the terms of the series, we may reopen a series for issuances of additional debt securities, without the consent of the holders of the outstanding debt securities of that series. The debt securities may be denominated and payable in foreign currencies or units based on or related to foreign currencies. Special United States federal income tax considerations applicable to any debt securities denominated in foreign currencies will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Each indenture will permit more than one trustee under the indenture, each with respect to one or more series of the debt securities. Any trustee under an indenture may resign or be removed with respect to one or more series of the debt securities, and a successor trustee may be appointed to act with respect to that series. Upon prior written notice, a trustee may be removed by act of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the series with respect to which the trustee acts as trustee. If two or more persons are acting as trustee with respect to different series of debt securities, each trustee will be a trustee of a trust under the applicable indenture unrelated to the trust administered by any other trustee. Except as otherwise stated in this prospectus, any action described in this prospectus to be taken by each trustee may only be taken by the trustee with respect to the one or more series of debt securities for which it is trustee under the applicable indenture.
You should refer to the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of debt securities for the specific terms of the debt securities, including, but not limited to:
(1) the title of the debt securities of the series and whether the debt securities are senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities;
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(3) the price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the debt securities) at which we will issue the debt securities of the series;
(4) the terms, if any, by which holders may convert or exchange the debt securities of the series into or for common stock or other of our securities or property;
(5) if the debt securities of the series are convertible or exchangeable, any limitations on the ownership or transferability of the securities or property into which holders may convert or exchange the debt securities;
(6) the date or dates, or the method for determining the date or dates, on which we will be obligated to pay the principal of the debt securities of the series and the amount of principal we will be obligated to pay;
(7) the rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, at which the debt securities of the series will bear interest, if any, or the method by which the rate or rates will be determined;
(8) the date or dates, or the method for determining the date or dates, from which any interest will accrue on the debt securities of the series, the dates on which we will be obligated to pay any such interest, the regular record dates if any, for the interest payments, or the method by which the dates shall be determined, the persons to whom we will be obligated to pay interest, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
(9) the place or places where the principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount (as defined in the indentures), interest or Additional Amounts (as defined in the indentures) on, the debt securities of the series will be payable, where the holders of the debt securities may surrender debt securities for conversion, transfer or exchange, and where notices or demands to or upon us in respect of the debt securities and the indentures may be served;
(10) if other than the trustee, the identity of each security registrar and/or paying agent for debt securities of the series;
(11) the period or periods during which, the price or prices (including any premium or Make-Whole Amount) at which, the currency or currencies in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, we may redeem the debt securities of the series, at our option, if we have such an option;
(12) any obligation of ours to redeem, repay or purchase debt securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a holder of debt securities, and the terms and conditions upon which we will redeem, repay or purchase all or a portion of the debt securities of the series pursuant to that obligation;
(13) whether the debt securities of the series are guaranteed by any Subsidiary Guarantors;
(14) the currency or currencies in which we will sell the debt securities and in which the debt securities of the series will be denominated and payable;
(15) whether the amount of payment of principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, or interest on, the debt securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method and the manner in which the amounts will be determined;
(16) whether the principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts on, the debt securities of the series are to be payable, at our election or at the election of the holder of the debt securities, in a currency or currencies other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods during which, and the terms and conditions upon which, this election may be made, and the time and manner of, and identity of the exchange rate agent with responsibility for, determining the exchange rate between the currency or currencies in which the debt securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency or currencies in which the debt securities will be payable;
(17) any provisions granting special rights to the holders of the debt securities of the series at the occurrence of certain events;
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(19) whether the debt securities of the series will be issued in definitive or book-entry form, represented by a global security, and the related terms and conditions;
(20) whether the debt securities of the series will be in registered or bearer form and the terms and conditions relating to the applicable form, and if in registered form, the denomination in which we will issue the debt securities if other than $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000 and, if in bearer form, the denominations in which we will issue the debt securities if other than $5,000 or a multiple of $5,000;
(21) the applicability, if any, of the defeasance or covenant defeasance provisions described below under “ — Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” on any series of debt securities;
(22) any applicable United States federal income tax consequences, including whether and under what circumstances we will pay any Additional Amounts as contemplated in the applicable indenture on the debt securities, to any holder who is not a United States person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if we will pay Additional Amounts, whether we will have the option, and on what terms to redeem the debt securities instead of paying the Additional Amounts;
(23) whether we may extend the interest payment periods and, if so, the terms of any extension;
(24) if the principal amount payable on any maturity date will not be determinable on any one or more dates prior to the maturity date, the amount which will be deemed to be the principal amount as of any date for any purpose, including the principal amount which will be due and payable upon any maturity other than the maturity date, or the manner of determining that amount;
(25) any other covenant or warranty included for the benefit of the debt securities of the series;
(26) any proposed listing of the debt securities of the series on any securities exchange; and
(27) any other terms of such debt securities not inconsistent with the provisions of the applicable indenture.
The debt securities of a series may provide for less than their entire principal amount to be payable if we accelerate the maturity of the debt securities as a result of the occurrence and continuation of an event of default. If this is the case, the debt securities would have what is referred to as “original issue discount.” Any special U.S. federal income tax, accounting and other considerations applicable to original issue discount securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
We may issue debt securities of a series from time to time, with the principal amount payable on any principal payment date, or the amount of interest payable on any interest payment date, to be determined by reference to one or more currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity indices or other factors. Holders of these debt securities may receive a principal amount on any principal payment date, or a payment of interest on any interest payment date, that is greater than or less than the amount of principal or interest otherwise payable on such dates, depending upon the value on the applicable dates of the applicable currency, commodity, equity index or other factors.
Information as to the methods for determining the amount of principal or interest payable on any date, the currencies, commodities, equity indices or other factors to which the amount payable on such date is linked and certain additional tax considerations will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
The indentures will not contain any provisions that afford holders of the debt securities protection in the event we engage in a transaction in which we incur or acquire a large amount of additional debt.
Denominations, Interest, Registration and Transfer
Unless stated otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, debt securities we issue in registered form of any series will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and multiples of $1,000 and debt securities we issue in bearer form will be issued in denominations of $5,000 and multiples of $5,000.
The principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, or interest on, any series of debt securities will be payable in the currency designated in the applicable prospectus supplement and except as described otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, at the corporate trust office of the trustee, initially located at Regions Bank, 106 St. Francis Street, Mobile,

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Alabama . At our option, however, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled to the interest payment as it appears in the security register for the series or by wire transfer of funds to that person at an account maintained within the United States. We will have the right to require a holder of debt securities, in connection with any payment on such debt securities, to certify information to us or, in the absence of such certification, we will be entitled to rely on any legal presumption to enable us to determine our obligation, if any, to deduct or withhold taxes, assessments or governmental charges from such payment. We may at any time designate additional paying agents, remove any paying agents, or approve a change in the office through which any paying agent acts, except that we will be required to maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for any series of debt securities. All monies we pay to a paying agent for the payment of principal of, or any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts on, any debt security which remains unclaimed at the end of two years after the principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us, subject to any applicable law. After this time, the holder of the debt security will be able to look only to us for payment.
Any interest we do not punctually pay on any interest payment date with respect to a debt security will be defaulted interest and will cease to be payable to the holder on the original regular record date and may either:
(1) be paid to the holder at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of defaulted interest to be fixed by the applicable trustee; or
(2) be paid at any time in any other lawful manner, all as more completely described in the applicable indenture.
If the defaulted interest is to be paid on a special record date, notice of the special record date will be mailed to each holder of such debt security not less than ten days before the special record date.
Subject to certain limitations imposed on debt securities issued in book-entry form, debt securities of any series will be exchangeable for other debt securities of the same series and with the same total principal amount and authorized denomination upon surrender of the debt securities at the corporate trust office of the applicable trustee. In addition, subject to limitations imposed upon debt securities issued in book-entry form, the debt securities of any series may be surrendered for conversion, transfer or exchange at the corporate trust office of the applicable trustee. Every debt security surrendered for conversion, transfer or exchange will be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer. There will be no service charge on any transfer or exchange of debt securities, but we may require payment by holders to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with the transfer or exchange.
If the applicable prospectus supplement refers to us designating a transfer agent (in addition to the applicable trustee) for any series of debt securities, we may at any time remove the transfer agent or approve a change in the location at which the transfer agent acts, provided that we maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for any series of debt securities. We may at any time designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series of debt securities.
Neither we nor any trustee will be required to do any of the following:
(1) issue, register the transfer of or exchange debt securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before there is a selection of debt securities of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing or publication of the relevant notice of redemption;
(2) register the transfer of or exchange any debt security, or portion thereof, called for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any debt security being only partially redeemed;
(3) exchange any debt security in bearer form that is selected for redemption, except a debt security in bearer form may be exchanged for a debt security in registered form of that series and like denomination, provided that the debt security in registered form shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption or exchange; or
(4) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any debt security that has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the holder, except the portion, if any, of the debt security that is not to be repaid.

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Book-Entry Delivery and Settlement
Global Notes
We will issue debt securities in the form of one or more global notes in definitive, fully registered, book-entry form. The global notes will be deposited with or on behalf of The Depository Trust Company, or “DTC,” and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.
DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear
Beneficial interests in the global notes will be represented through book-entry accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners as direct and indirect participants in DTC. Investors may hold interests in the global notes through either DTC in the United States, Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme, Luxembourg, which we refer to as “Clearstream,” or Euroclear Bank S.A./ N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, which we refer to as “Euroclear,” in Europe, either directly if they are participants in such systems or indirectly through organizations that are participants in such systems. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold interests on behalf of their participants through customers’ securities accounts in Clearstream’s and Euroclear’s names on the books of their U.S. depositaries, which in turn will hold such interests in customers’ securities accounts in the U.S. depositaries’ names on the books of DTC.
DTC has advised that:
(1) DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
(2) DTC holds securities that its participants deposit with DTC and facilitates the settlement among participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in participants’ accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates.
(3) Direct participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations, some of whom, and/or their representatives, own DTC.
(4) DTC is owned by a number of its direct participants and by The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange LLC and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(5) Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant, either directly or indirectly.
(6) The rules applicable to DTC and its direct and indirect participants are on file with the SEC.
Clearstream has advised that it is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg as a professional depositary. Clearstream holds securities for its customers and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between its customers through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its customers, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Clearstream provides to its customers, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. As a professional depositary, Clearstream is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Commission for the Supervision of the Financial Section. Clearstream customers are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations and may include the underwriters for any series of debt securities. Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Clearstream customer either directly or indirectly.
Euroclear has advised that it was created in 1968 to hold securities for participants of Euroclear and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Euroclear provides various other services, including securities lending and borrowing and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. Euroclear is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., which we refer to as the Euroclear Operator, under contract with Euroclear Clearance Systems S.C., a Belgian cooperative corporation, which we refer to as the Cooperative. All operations are conducted by the Euroclear Operator, and all Euroclear securities clearance accounts and Euroclear cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear Operator, not the Cooperative. The Cooperative establishes policy for Euroclear on

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behalf of Euroclear participants. Euroclear participants include banks (including central banks), securities brokers and dealers, and other professional financial intermediaries and may include the underwriters for any series of debt securities. Indirect access to Euroclear is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear participant, either directly or indirectly.
We understand that the Euroclear Operator is licensed by the Belgian Banking and Finance Commission to carry out banking activities on a global basis. As a Belgian bank, it is regulated and examined by the Belgian Banking and Finance Commission.
We have provided the descriptions of the operations and procedures of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear in this prospectus solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of those organizations and are subject to change by them from time to time. We do not take any responsibility for these operations or procedures, and you are urged to contact DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear or their participants directly to discuss these matters.
We expect that under procedures established by DTC:
(1) upon deposit of the global notes with DTC or its custodian, DTC will credit on its internal system the accounts of direct participants designated by the underwriters with portions of the principal amounts of the global notes; and
(2) ownership of debt securities will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership thereof will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee, with respect to interests of direct participants, and the records of direct and indirect participants, with respect to interests of persons other than participants.
The laws of some jurisdictions may require that purchasers of securities take physical delivery of those securities in definitive form. Accordingly, the ability to transfer interests in debt securities represented by a global note to those persons may be limited. In addition, because DTC can act only on behalf of its participants, who in turn act on behalf of persons who hold interests through participants, the ability of a person having an interest in notes represented by a global note to pledge or transfer those interests to persons or entities that do not participate in DTC’s system, or otherwise to take actions in respect of such interest, may be affected by the lack of a physical definitive security in respect of such interest.
So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of a global note, DTC or that nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of debt securities represented by that global note for all purposes under the indenture. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a global note will not be entitled to have notes represented by that global note registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated notes and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the indenture for any purpose, including with respect to the giving of any direction, instruction or approval to the trustee. Accordingly, each holder owning a beneficial interest in a global note must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if that holder is not a direct or indirect participant, on the procedures of the participant through which that holder owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder of notes under the indenture or a global note.
Neither we nor the trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of debt securities by DTC, Clearstream or Euroclear, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of those organizations relating to the debt securities.
Payments on debt securities represented by the global notes will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner thereof. We expect that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment on debt securities represented by a global note, will credit participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the global note as shown in the records of DTC or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global note held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practice as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in the names of nominees for such customers. The participants will be responsible for those payments.
Distributions on debt securities held beneficially through Clearstream will be credited to cash accounts of its customers in accordance with its rules and procedures, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Clearstream.
Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear Operator are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System, and applicable Belgian law, which we refer to collectively as the “Terms and Conditions.” The Terms and Conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within Euroclear, withdrawals of securities and cash from Euroclear, and receipts of payments with respect to securities in

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Euroclear. All securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear Operator acts under the Terms and Conditions only on behalf of Euroclear participants and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear participants.
Distributions on debt securities held beneficially through Euroclear will be credited to the cash accounts of its participants in accordance with the Terms and Conditions, to the extent received by the U.S. depositary for Euroclear.
Clearance and Settlement Procedures
Initial settlement for debt securities will be made in immediately available funds. Secondary market trading between DTC participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with DTC rules and will be settled in immediately available funds. Secondary market trading between Clearstream customers and/or Euroclear participants will occur in the ordinary way in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear, as applicable, and will be settled using the procedures applicable to conventional eurobonds in immediately available funds.
Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly or indirectly through Clearstream customers or Euroclear participants, on the other, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by its U.S. depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in such system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to the U.S. depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving debt securities in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream customers and Euroclear participants may not deliver instructions directly to their U.S. depositaries.
Because of time-zone differences, credits of debt securities received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC participant will be made during subsequent securities settlement processing and dated the business day following the DTC settlement date. Such credits or any transactions in debt securities settled during such processing will be reported to the relevant Clearstream customers or Euroclear participants on such business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of debt securities by or through a Clearstream customer or a Euroclear participant to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC.
Although DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear have agreed to the foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of debt securities among participants of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures and such procedures may be changed or discontinued at any time.
Certificated Notes
Individual certificates in respect of debt securities will not be issued in exchange for the global notes, except in very limited circumstances. We will issue or cause to be issued certificated notes to each person that DTC identifies as the beneficial owner of debt securities represented by a global note upon surrender by DTC of the global note if:
  DTC notifies us that it is no longer willing or able to act as a depositary for such global note or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and we have not appointed a successor depositary within 90 days of that notice or becoming aware that DTC is no longer so registered;
  an event of default has occurred and is continuing, and DTC requests the issuance of certificated notes; or
  we determine not to have the applicable series of debt securities of such series represented by a global note.
Neither we nor the trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC, its nominee or any direct or indirect participant in identifying the beneficial owners of debt securities. We and the trustee may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on, instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes, including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the certificated notes to be issued.

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Merger, Consolidation or Sale
Each indenture will provide that we may consolidate with, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of our assets to, or merge with or into, any other corporation or trust or entity provided that:
(1) we are the survivor in the merger, or the survivor, if not us, is an entity organized under the laws of the United States or a state of the United States and expressly assumes by supplemental indenture the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts on, all of the outstanding debt securities and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions contained in each indenture;
(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction and treating any indebtedness that becomes an obligation of ours or one of our subsidiaries as a result of the transaction, as having been incurred by us or the subsidiary at the time of the transaction, there is no event of default under the indenture, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an event of default;
(3) if, as a result of the transaction, our property or assets would be subject to an encumbrance that would not be permitted under the indenture, we shall take steps to secure the debt securities equally and ratably with all indebtedness secured in the transaction; and
(4) certain other conditions that are described in the indentures are met.
Upon any such consolidation, merger, or sale, the successor corporation formed, or into which we are merged or to which we are sold, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, us under the indentures.
This covenant would not apply to any recapitalization transaction, change of control of us or a transaction in which we incur a large amount of additional debt unless the transactions or change of control included a merger or consolidation or transfer of substantially all of our assets. Unless stated otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, there will be no covenants or other provisions in the indentures providing for a put or increased interest or that would otherwise afford holders of debt securities additional protection in the event of a recapitalization transaction, a change of control of us or a transaction in which we incur or acquire a large amount of additional debt.
Certain Covenants of the Debt Securities
Unless stated otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement for a particular series of debt securities, each indenture will contain the provisions described below.
Except as permitted under “— Merger, Consolidation or Sale” above, we will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep our legal existence, rights and franchises in full force and effect; provided, however, that we will not be required to preserve any right or franchise if we determine that the preservation of that right or franchise is no longer desirable in the conduct of our business and that its loss is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the holders of any debt securities.
We will cause all of our material properties used or useful in the conduct of our business or the business of any of our subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and we will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements for those properties, as we in our judgment believe is necessary so that we may carry on the business related to those properties properly and advantageously at all times; provided, however, that we will not be prevented from selling or otherwise disposing of our properties or the properties of our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
We will pay or discharge, or cause to be paid or discharged, before they become delinquent,
(1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon us or any of our subsidiaries or upon income, profits or property of us or our subsidiaries, and
(2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon our property or any subsidiary of ours;
provided, however, that we will not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

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We may choose not to comply with any term, provision or condition of the foregoing covenants, or with certain other terms, provisions or conditions with respect to the debt securities of a series (except any such term, provision or condition which could not be amended without the consent of all holders of such series), if before or after the time for compliance with the covenant, term, provision or condition, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all outstanding debt securities of the series either waive compliance in that instance or generally waive compliance with that covenant or condition. Unless the holders expressly waive compliance with a covenant and the waiver has become effective, our obligations and the duties of the trustee in respect of the term, provision, or condition will remain in full force and effect.
Any additional covenants with respect to any series of debt securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Events of Default, Notice and Waiver
Unless stated otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement for any series of debt securities, each of the following “Events of Default” will be set forth in the indentures and will be applicable to each series of debt securities we may issue under those indentures:
(1) we fail for 30 days to pay any installment of interest or any Additional Amounts payable on any debt security of that series;
(2) we fail to pay the principal of, or any premium or Make-Whole Amount on, any debt security of that series when due, either at maturity, redemption or otherwise;
(3) we fail to make any sinking fund payment when due as required for any debt security of that series;
(4) we default in the performance of or breach any other covenant or agreement we made in the indenture that is applicable to the debt securities of that series other than a covenant added to the indenture solely for the benefit of another series of debt securities, which default or breach has continued for 60 days after written notice as provided for in accordance with the applicable indenture by the applicable trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the affected series;
(5) we default under a bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by us or any subsidiary of ours that we have guaranteed that has an aggregate principal amount outstanding that is more than $50,000,000 (other than non-recourse indebtedness) under the terms of the instrument under which the indebtedness is issued or secured, which default has caused the indebtedness to become due and payable earlier than it would otherwise have become due and payable, and the acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled, or the indebtedness is discharged, or there is deposited in trust enough money to discharge the indebtedness, within 30 days after written notice was provided to us in accordance with the indenture;
(6) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization occur; and
(7) any other event of default specified in the applicable prospectus supplement occurs.
Acceleration of Debt Securities
If there is a continuing event of default under an indenture with respect to outstanding debt securities of a series, then the applicable trustee or the holders of not less than 25% of the total principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series, voting as a single class, may declare immediately due and payable the principal amount or other amount as may be specified in the terms of the debt securities of, and any specified premium or Make-Whole Amount on, all of the debt securities of that series. However, at any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to any or all debt securities of a series then outstanding has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the applicable trustee, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may cancel the acceleration if:
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(2) all events of default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, premium, Make-Whole Amount or other amounts or interest, with respect to the applicable debt securities have been cured or waived as provided in the indenture.
Each indenture also will provide that the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the applicable outstanding debt securities of any series may waive any past default with respect to those debt securities and its consequences, except a default consisting of:
(1) our failure to pay the principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts on, any debt security; or
(2) a default relating to a covenant or provision contained in the applicable indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of each outstanding debt security affected by the default.
The trustee generally will be required to give notice to the holders of the debt securities of each affected series within 90 days of a default of which the trustee has actual knowledge under the indenture unless the default has been cured or waived. The trustee may withhold a notice of default unless the default relates to:
(1) our failure to pay the principal of, or any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts on, a debt security of that series; or
(2) any sinking fund installment for any debt security of that series, if the responsible officers of the trustee consider it to be in the interest of the holders.
Each indenture will provide that no holder of debt securities of any series may institute a proceeding with respect to the indenture or for any remedy under the indenture, unless the applicable trustee fails to act, for 60 days, after (1) it has received a written request to institute proceedings in respect of an event of default from the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the series, as well as an offer of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the trustee and (2) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the trustee during that 60 day period by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the series. This provision will not prevent, however, any holder of debt securities from instituting suit for the enforcement of payment of the principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts on, debt securities at their respective due dates.
Subject to provisions in each indenture relating to the trustee’s duties in case of default, the trustee will not be under any obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under any indenture at the request or direction of any holders of any series of debt securities then outstanding, unless the holders have offered to the trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it. Subject to these provisions for the indemnification of the trustee, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the applicable outstanding debt securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the applicable trustee, or of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the trustee. However, the trustee may refuse to follow any direction which is in conflict with any law or the applicable indenture, which may involve the trustee in personal liability or which may be unduly prejudicial to the holders of debt securities of the applicable series not joining in the direction.
Within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year, we must deliver to each trustee a certificate, signed by one of several specified officers, stating such officer’s knowledge of our compliance with all the conditions and covenants under the applicable indenture and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status of the noncompliance.
Modification of the Indenture
Modification and amendment of an indenture may be made only with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all outstanding debt securities issued under the indenture which are affected by the modification or amendment. However, no modification or amendment may, without the consent of the holder of each debt security affected, do any of the following:
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(2) reduce the principal amount of, or the rate or amount of interest on, any premium, Make-Whole Amount payable on redemption of or any Additional Amounts payable with respect to, any debt security;
(3) reduce the amount of principal of an original issue discount security, indexed security or any Make-Whole Amount that would be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity of an original issue discount security or indexed security, or would be provable in bankruptcy, or adversely affect any right of repayment of the holder of any debt security;
(4) change the place of payment or the currency or currencies of payment of the principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts on, any debt security;
(5) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any debt security;
(6) reduce the percentage of the holders of outstanding debt securities of any series necessary to modify or amend the applicable indenture, to waive compliance with certain provisions thereof or certain defaults and consequences thereunder, or to reduce the quorum or voting requirements contained in the applicable indenture;
(7) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any security or decrease the conversion or exchange rate or increase the conversion or exchange price of any security; or
(8) modify any of the foregoing provisions or any of the provisions relating to the waiver of certain past defaults or certain covenants, except to increase the required percentage to effect such action or to provide that certain other provisions may not be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of the debt security.
We and the relevant trustee may modify or amend an indenture, without the consent of any holder of debt securities, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another person to us as obligor under the indenture;
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of debt securities or to surrender any right or power conferred upon us in the indenture;
(3) to add events of default for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of debt securities;
(4) to add or change any provisions of an indenture to facilitate the issuance of, or to liberalize certain terms of, debt securities in bearer form, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of debt securities in uncertificated form, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the debt securities of any series in any material respect;
(5) to add, change or eliminate any provisions of an indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall
  become effective only when there are no outstanding debt securities of any series created prior to the change or elimination which are entitled to the benefit of the applicable provision, or
  not apply to any outstanding debt securities created prior to the change or elimination;
(6) to secure the debt securities;
(7) to establish the form or terms of debt securities of any series, including the provisions and procedures, if applicable, for the conversion of the debt securities into our common stock or other of our securities or property;
(8) to provide for the acceptance or appointment of a successor trustee or facilitate the administration of the trusts under an indenture by more than one trustee;
(9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in an indenture, provided that the action does not adversely affect the interests of holders of debt securities of any series issued under the indenture;
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(11) to supplement any of the provisions of an indenture to the extent necessary to permit or facilitate defeasance and discharge of any series of the debt securities; provided that, in each case above, the action does not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the debt securities of any series in any material respect; or
(12) to make any provisions with respect to the conversion or exchange rights of the holders of any debt securities, including providing for the conversion or exchange of any debt securities into any of our securities or property.
Subordination
Unless stated otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement for a particular series of subordinated debt securities, or as described below, the following subordinated indenture provisions will apply to the subordinated debt securities.
The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to all of our existing and future secured and senior debt. As a result, upon any distribution to our creditors in a liquidation, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the payment of the principal of and interest on the subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to the extent provided in the subordinated indentures in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all our senior debt and our secured debt. Our obligation to make payments of the principal of and interest on the subordinated debt securities will not otherwise be affected.
We may not make payments of principal or interest on the subordinated debt securities at any time we are in default on any payment with respect to our senior debt, or we have defaulted on any of our senior debt resulting in the acceleration of the maturity of the senior debt, or if there is a judicial proceeding pending with respect to our default on our senior debt, and we have received notice of the default. We may resume payments on the subordinated debt securities when the default is cured or waived if the subordination provisions of the subordinated indenture will permit us to do so at that time. After we have paid all of our senior debt in full, holders of subordinated debt securities will still be subrogated to the rights of holders of our senior debt for the amount of distributions otherwise payable to holders of the subordinated debt securities until the subordinated debt securities are paid in full.
If payment or distribution on account of the subordinated debt securities of any character or security, whether in cash, securities or other property, is received by a holder of any subordinated debt securities, including any applicable trustee, in contravention of any of the terms of the applicable indenture and before all our senior debt has been paid in full, that payment or distribution or security will be received in trust for the benefit of, and must be paid over or delivered and transferred to, holders of our senior debt at the time outstanding in accordance with the priorities then existing among those holders for application to the payment of all senior debt remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all senior debt in full.
Upon payment or distribution of assets to creditors upon insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization, marshalling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings or any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of or relating to our company as a whole, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of all senior debt securities will first be entitled to receive payment in full before holders of the outstanding subordinated debt securities will be entitled to receive any payment in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the outstanding subordinated debt securities.
After we have paid in full all sums we owe on our senior debt, the holders of the subordinated debt securities, if so issued, together with the holders of our obligations ranking on a parity with the subordinated debt securities, will be entitled to be paid from our remaining assets the amounts at the time due and owing on the subordinated debt securities and the other obligations. We will make payment on subordinated debt securities before we make any payment or other distribution, whether in cash, property or otherwise, on account of any capital stock or obligations ranking junior to subordinated debt securities.
By reason of this subordination, if we become insolvent, holders of senior debt, as well as certain of our general creditors, may receive more, and holders of subordinated debt securities may receive less, than our other creditors, including holders of any of our senior debt securities. This subordination will not prevent the occurrence of any event of default on the subordinated debt securities.
The subordinated indenture will define senior debt as the principal, premium, if any, unpaid interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to us whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement and indemnification obligations, and all other amounts payable under or in respect of the types of debt generally described below:

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(1) debt for money we have borrowed;
(2) debt evidenced by a bond, note, debenture, or similar instrument (including purchase money obligations) whether or not given in connection with the acquisition of any business, property or assets, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, but not any account payable or other obligation created or assumed in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services;
(3) debt which is a direct or indirect obligation which arises as a result of banker’s acceptances or bank letters of credit issued for our account;
(4) debt secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on our property;
(5) our obligation as lessee under any lease of property which is reflected on our balance sheet as a capitalized lease;
(6) any deferral, amendment, renewal, extension, supplement, modification or refunding of any liability of the kind described in any of the preceding paragraphs (1) through (5);
(7) our obligations to make payments under the terms of financial instruments such as securities contracts and foreign currency exchange contracts, derivative instruments and other similar financial instruments; and
(8) every obligation or debt of the kind described in the preceding paragraphs (1) through (7) of another person and all dividends of another person the payment of which, in either case, we have guaranteed or for which we are responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor or otherwise; and
provided, however, that, in computing our debt, any particular debt will be excluded if,
(1) upon or prior to the maturity thereof, we have deposited in trust with a depositary, money (or evidence of indebtedness if permitted by the instrument creating such indebtedness) in the necessary amount to pay, redeem or satisfy that debt as it becomes due, and the amount so deposited will not be included in any computation of our assets; and
(2) we have delivered an officers’ certificate to the trustee that certifies that we have deposited in trust with the depositary the sufficient amount.
Senior debt will exclude the following:
(1) any debt referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5) above as to which, in the instrument creating or evidencing the debt or under which the debt is outstanding, it is provided that the debt is not superior in right of payment to our subordinated debt securities, or ranks equal with the subordinated debt securities;
(2) our subordinated debt securities;
(3) any debt of ours which when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, was without recourse to us;
(4) any debt of ours for wages payable to our executive officers and directors;
(5) any debt to any employee of ours; and
(6) all other indebtedness of ours sold to any of our subsidiaries, including any limited liability companies, partnerships or trusts established or to be established by us, in each case where the subsidiary is a financing entity of ours in connection with the issuance by such financing entity of securities that are similar to the preferred securities.
There will be no limit on the amount of senior debt or other debt that we may incur in the subordinated indentures.
Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
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already been delivered to the applicable trustee for cancellation and that either have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year (or are scheduled for redemption within one year). We can discharge these obligations by irrevocably depositing with the applicable trustee funds in such currency or currencies in which the debt securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness on the debt securities including the principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts payable on, the debt securities to the date of the deposit, if the debt securities have become due and payable or to the stated maturity or redemption date, as the case may be.
In addition, if the terms of the debt securities of a series permit us to do so, we may elect either of the following:
(1) to be defeased and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to the debt securities of that series, except our obligations to
  pay any Additional Amounts upon the occurrence of certain tax and other events,
  register the transfer or exchange of the debt securities,
  replace temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt securities,
  maintain an office or agency for the debt securities, and
  to hold moneys for payment in trust; or
(2) to be defeased and discharged from our obligations with respect to the debt securities of that series described under “— Certain Covenants of the Debt Securities” or, if the terms of the debt securities of that series permit, our obligations with respect to any other covenant.
If we choose to defease and discharge our obligations under the covenants, any failure to comply with the obligations imposed on us by the covenants will not constitute a default or an event of default with respect to the debt securities of that series. However, to make either election we must irrevocably deposit with the applicable trustee, in trust, an amount, in the currency or currencies in which the debt securities are payable, or in government obligations, or both, that will provide sufficient funds to pay the principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts on, the debt securities, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments on the debt securities, on the relevant scheduled due dates or upon redemption.
We may defease and discharge our obligations as described in the preceding paragraphs only if, among other things,
(1) we have delivered to the applicable trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance or covenant defeasance described in the previous paragraphs and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. In the case of defeasance the opinion of counsel must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable United States federal income tax laws occurring after the date of the indenture;
(2) any defeasance does not result in, or constitute, a breach or violation of an indenture or any other material agreement which we are a party to or obligated under; and
(3) no event of default, or event that with notice will be an event of default, has occurred and is continuing with respect to any securities subject to a defeasance.
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, if, after we have deposited funds and/or government obligations to effect defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to debt securities of any series:
(1) the holder of a debt security of that series elects to receive payment in a currency in which the deposit was made in respect of the debt security, or
(2) a conversion event (as defined below) occurs in respect of the currency in which the deposit was made,
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security, as they become due, out of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount so deposited in respect of the debt security into the currency in which the debt security becomes payable as a result of the election or such cessation of usage based on the applicable market exchange rate.
Unless stated otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, “conversion event” means the cessation of use of:
(1) a currency, currency unit or composite currency issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States both by the government of the country that issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community; or
(2) any currency unit or composite currency for the purposes for which it was established.
Unless stated otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, all payments of principal of, and any premium, Make-Whole Amount, interest or Additional Amounts on, any debt security that is payable in a foreign currency that ceases to be used by its government of issuance will be made in United States dollars.
In the event we effect covenant defeasance with respect to any series of debt securities and the debt securities are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any event of default other than:
(1) the event of default described in clause (4) of the first paragraph under “— Events of Default, Notice and Waiver,” which would no longer be applicable to the debt securities of that series, or
(2) the event of default described in clause (7) under “— Events of Default, Notice and Waiver” with respect to a covenant as to which there has been covenant defeasance,
then the amount on deposit with the trustee will still be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities at the time of their stated maturity but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities at the time of the acceleration resulting from the event of default. In this case, we would remain liable to make payment of such amounts due at the time of acceleration.
The applicable prospectus supplement may describe further provisions, if any, permitting defeasance or covenant defeasance, including any modifications to the provisions described above, with respect to a particular series of debt securities.
Conversion and Exchange Rights
The terms on which debt securities of any series are convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock or other securities or property of ours will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. These terms will include:
(1) the conversion or exchange price, or manner for calculating a price;
(2) the exchange or conversion period; and
(3) whether the conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder, or at our option.
The terms may also include calculations pursuant to which the number of shares of our common stock or other securities or property to be received by the holders of debt securities would be determined according to the market price of our common stock or other securities or property of ours as of a time stated in the prospectus supplement. The conversion exchange price of any debt securities of any series that is convertible into our common stock may be adjusted for any stock dividends, stock splits, reclassification, combinations or similar transactions, as described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Governing Law
The indentures will be governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New York.
Redemption of Debt Securities
If so specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, debt securities of any series may be wholly or partially redeemed at our option, at any time. The debt securities may also be subject to optional or mandatory redemption on terms and conditions described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

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From and after notice has been given as provided in the indenture, if funds for the redemption of any debt securities called for redemption have been made available on the redemption date, the debt securities will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for the redemption specified in the notice, and the only right of the holders of the debt securities will be to receive payment of the redemption price.
Concerning the Trustee
We maintain banking relationships with Regions Bank and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business. These banking relationships include Regions Bank serving as trustee under the indenture involving the debt securities, serving as trustee under an indenture entered into as of December 1, 2000 with one of our subsidiaries, serving as administrative agent for and a lender under our revolving credit facility and providing us with general banking services. Upon the occurrence of an event of default or an event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default under a series of senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities, or upon the occurrence of a default under another indenture under which Regions Bank serves as trustee, the trustee may be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the other debt securities as to which we are not in default for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act and, accordingly, may be required to resign as trustee under the applicable indenture. In that event, we would be required to appoint a successor trustee.
Guarantee
The Subsidiary Guarantors may fully and unconditionally guarantee on an unsecured basis the full and prompt payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities of any series issued by us when and as the payment becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or otherwise. If debt securities of any series are so guaranteed, the guarantee will provide that in the event of a default in the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on a debt security, the holder of that debt security may institute legal proceedings directly against the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor to enforce the guarantee without first proceeding against us. If senior debt securities are so guaranteed, the guarantee will rank equally with all of the Subsidiary Guarantor’s other unsecured and unsubordinated debt from time to time outstanding and senior to any subordinated debt of the Subsidiary Guarantor. If subordinated debt securities are so guaranteed, the guarantee will be subordinated to all of the Subsidiary Guarantor’s other unsecured and unsubordinated debt from time to time outstanding.
The obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under the guarantee will be limited to the maximum amount that will not result in the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor under the guarantee constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law, after giving effect to any other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Subsidiary Guarantor.
The guarantee may be released under certain circumstances. If we exercise our legal or covenant defeasance option with respect to debt securities of a particular series as described above in “— Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance,” then any Subsidiary Guarantor will be released with respect to that series. Further, if no default has occurred and is continuing under the indentures, and to the extent not otherwise prohibited by the indentures, any Subsidiary Guarantor will be unconditionally released and discharged from the guarantee:
  automatically upon any sale, exchange or transfer, whether by way of merger or otherwise, to any person that is not our affiliate, of all of our equity interests in the Subsidiary Guarantor;
  automatically upon the merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor into us or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or the liquidation and dissolution of the Subsidiary Guarantor; or
  delivery of a written notice by us to the trustee, upon the release of all guarantees by the Subsidiary Guarantor of any debt of ours for borrowed money, except for any series of debt securities.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
Set forth below is a summary description of our capital stock and related provisions of our certificate of incorporation, by-laws and the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the “DGCL,” under which EnergySouth is organized.
We may issue shares of our common stock and shares of our preferred stock, either separately or together with debt securities or warrants offered pursuant to this prospectus. Under our certificate of incorporation, we are authorized to issue up to 20,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $.01 per share, and up to 10,000,000 shares of our preferred stock, $.01 per share. As of April 7 , 2008, 8,106,469 shares of common stock and no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding. You should read the applicable prospectus supplement relating to an offering of shares of our common stock or preferred stock, or of securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for shares of our common stock or preferred stock, for the terms of such offering, including the number of shares offered, the initial public offering price, and any market price and dividend information relating to such offered stock.
Common Stock
The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters on which stockholders are permitted to vote. The holders of our common stock have no preemptive rights to purchase or subscribe for our securities, and our common stock is not convertible or subject to redemption by us.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any class of our capital stock having any preference or priority over our common stock, the holders of our common stock are entitled to dividends in such amounts as may be declared by our board of directors from time to time out of funds legally available for such payments and, if we are liquidated, dissolved or wound up, to a ratable share of any distribution to stockholders, after satisfaction of all our liabilities and the prior rights of any outstanding class of our preferred stock. We have long-term debt agreements that contain certain restrictive financial covenants, including limits on the payment of dividends beyond certain levels. We are currently in compliance with all of the covenants in these agreements.
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. is the registrar and transfer agent for our common stock. Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “ENSI.”
Preferred Stock
Under our certificate of incorporation, our board of directors has the authority, without stockholder approval, to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series in such amounts and containing such terms as may be fixed by our board of directors. The prospectus supplement relating to any series of preferred stock we are offering will include specific terms relating to the offering. We will file the certificate of designation governing any such series of preferred stock with the SEC before we issue any shares of such series, and you should read it for provisions that may be important to you. The prospectus supplement will include some or all of the following terms, as established by our board of directors:
  the title of the series of preferred stock;
  the number of shares of the series;
  the voting rights, if any;
  the dividend rate or the method of calculating the dividend, the date from which dividends will accrue and whether dividends will be cumulative;
  any mandatory or optional redemption provisions;
  any sinking fund or other provisions for the redemption or purchase of the preferred stock;
  any liquidation preference;
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  any restrictions as to issuance of any additional shares of such series, or of shares of any other series, or as to the powers, preferences or rights of any such other series; and
  any other preferences, privileges and powers and relative, participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares.
As noted, our board of directors may issue such preferred shares, without stockholder approval, unless required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on which our securities may be listed), in such amounts and containing such terms as may be fixed by our board of directors. The actual effect of the preferred stock upon the rights of the holders of our common stock will not be known until our board of directors determines the respective rights of the holders of one or more series of preferred stock. Such effects, however, might include:
  restrictions on dividends on our common stock, if dividends on the preferred stock are in arrears;
  dilution of the voting power of our common stock;
  restrictions on the rights of the holders of our common stock to share in our assets upon liquidation due to satisfaction of any liquidation preference granted to the preferred stock; and
  dilution of rights of holders of our common stock to share in our assets upon liquidation if the preferred stock is participating with respect to distributions upon such liquidation.
Further, the issuance of shares of preferred stock could discourage an unsolicited acquisition proposal or make it more difficult for a third party to gain control of the Company. For instance, the issuance of a series of preferred stock might impede a business combination by including class voting rights that would enable the holder to block such a transaction. Although our board of directors is required to make any determination to issue preferred stock based on its judgment as to the best interests of our stockholders, the board could act in a manner that would discourage an acquisition attempt or other transaction that some of the stockholders might believe to be in their best interests or in which stockholders might receive a premium for their stock over the then market price of the stock.
Certain Anti-takeover Matters
In addition to our board’s ability to establish the terms of any series of preferred stock without stockholder approval, our certificate of incorporation and by-laws contain other provisions that may make it more difficult for a potential acquirer to acquire us by means of a transaction that is not negotiated with our board of directors. These provisions and provisions of the DGCL could delay or prevent entirely a merger or acquisition that our stockholders consider favorable. These provisions may also discourage acquisition proposals or have the effect of delaying or preventing entirely a change in control, which could harm our stock price.
The following is a description of the anti-takeover effects of certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and of our by-laws.
No Cumulative Voting
The DGCL provides that stockholders of a Delaware corporation are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless its certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our certificate of incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting.
Business Combinations with Related Persons
Our certificate of incorporation provides that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the outstanding shares of our voting stock shall be necessary to approve certain business combination transactions with any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the outstanding shares of our capital stock, whom we refer to as a “related person,” unless
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  such transaction shall have been approved by two-thirds of the continuing directors and at the time of such approval such continuing directors comprised at least a majority of our board of directors. “Continuing director” is generally defined in our certificate of incorporation as a member of the board of directors who is not a related person or an affiliate or an associate of a related person and was a director prior to the time a related person became such, as well as any successor to a continuing director who was recommended by a majority of the continuing directors.
The business combination transactions subject to these conditions generally include:
  a merger or consolidation;
  any sale, exchange, lease or other disposition of our assets having an aggregate book value of 10% or more of our net assets;
  any sale, exchange, lease or other disposition by any other person of any assets to our Company in exchange for our capital stock, resulting in such other person beneficially owning a majority of our outstanding stock;
  the liquidation or dissolution of our Company if such liquidation or dissolution is proposed by a related person;
  any share exchange in which shares of our common stock having an aggregate book value of 10% or more of the net assets of our Company are exchanged for shares of stock, other securities, cash or other property; or
  any amendment of our certificate of incorporation reclassifying any securities of our Company which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of any class of our outstanding stock beneficially owned by a related person.
Other Provisions
Other provisions of our certificate of incorporation and by-laws may also tend to discourage potential offers to take over and acquire our Company. Our board of directors is divided into three classes, each with, as nearly as possible, an equal number of directors. Our directors may be removed from office at any time, without cause, but only by the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the outstanding shares of our voting stock. In addition, certain provisions (relating to, for example, the classified board of directors and transactions with related persons) may only be amended by the affirmative vote of not less than 75% of the outstanding shares of our voting stock.

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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
We may issue warrants to purchase debt securities, common stock, preferred stock or other securities of the Company or any other entity or any combination of the foregoing. We may issue warrants independently or together with other securities. Warrants sold with other securities may be attached to or separate from the other securities. We will issue warrants under one or more warrant agreements between us and a warrant agent that we will name in the prospectus supplement.
The prospectus supplement relating to any warrants we are offering will include specific terms relating to the offering. We will file the form of any warrant agreement with the SEC, and you should read the warrant agreement for provisions that may be important to you. The prospectus supplement will include some or all of the following terms:
  the title of the warrants;
  the aggregate number of warrants offered;
  the designation, number and terms of the debt securities, common stock, preferred stock or other securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants, and procedures by which the number of securities purchasable may be adjusted;
  the exercise price of the warrants;
  the dates or periods during which the warrants are exercisable;
  the designation and terms of any securities with which the warrants are issued;
  if the warrants are issued as a unit with another scurrility, the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and the other security will be separately transferable;
  if the exercise price is not payable in U.S. dollars, the foreign currency, currency unit or composite currency in which the exercise price is denominated;
  any minimum or maximum amount of warrants that may be exercised at any one time; and
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the securities being offered hereby in one or more of the following ways from time to time:
  to underwriters or dealers for resale to the public or to institutional investors;
 
  directly to institutional investors;
 
  directly to a limited number of purchasers or to a single purchaser;
 
  through agents to the public or to institutional investors; or
 
  through a combination of any of these methods of sale.
If we use underwriters or dealers in the sale, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters or dealers for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, including:
  at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed from time to time;
  in “at the market offerings” within the meaning of the SEC’s Rule 415(a)(4);
  at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
  at negotiated prices.
For each series of securities, the prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the offering of the securities, including:
  the initial public offering price;
  the method of distribution, including the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents;
  the purchase price of the securities;
  our net proceeds from the sale of the securities;
  any underwriting discounts, agency fees, or other compensation payable to underwriters or agents;
  any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or repaid to dealers; and
  the securities exchanges on which the securities will be listed, if any.
If we use underwriters in the sale, they will buy the securities for their own account. The underwriters may then resell the securities in one or more transactions at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale or thereafter. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities offered if they purchase any securities. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time. In connection with an offering, underwriters and selling group members and their affiliates may engage in transactions to stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the securities in accordance with applicable law.
If we use dealers in the sale, we will sell securities to such dealers as principals. The dealers may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealers at the time of resale. If we use agents in the sale, they will use their reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment. If we sell directly, no underwriters or agents would be involved. We are not making an offer of securities in any jurisdiction that does not permit such an offer.
Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the securities distribution may be deemed to be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act.” Any discounts, commissions or profit they receive when they resell the securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. We may have

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agreements with underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute with respect to payments that they may be required to make. Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us or our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their business.
Any debt securities that we sell will be new issues of securities with no established trading market, and unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will not list any series of such securities on any exchange. It has not presently been established whether the underwriters, if any, of any of the securities will make a market in the securities. If the underwriters make a market in the securities, such market making may be discontinued at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for the securities.

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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, and for any underwriters or agents by counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements, and the related consolidated financial statement schedule, incorporated in this Prospectus by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements and financial statement schedule have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table sets forth the expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by us in connection with the sale of the securities being registered hereby.
         
    Amount  
    to be paid*  
SEC registration fee
  $ 5,895  
Accounting fees and expenses
    50,000  
Legal fees and expenses
    150,000  
Printing expenses
    20,000  
Transfer agent, registrar and trustee fees
    10,000  
Rating agency fees
    50,000  
Miscellaneous expenses
    29,105  
 
     
Total
  $ 315,000  
 
     
 
*   The amounts shown, other than the SEC registration fee, are estimates of expenses payable by us in connection with the filing of this registration statement and one offering of securities hereunder.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Set forth below is a description of certain provisions of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Registrant and the DGCL, as such provisions relate to the indemnification of the directors and officers of the Registrant. This description is intended only as a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the certificate of incorporation, the by-laws and the DGCL.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action and the DGCL requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The DGCL provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise.
As permitted by the DGCL, Article 9 of the Registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides that directors will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, except for liability:
  for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit;
  for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
  under Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions); or

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  for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders.
The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides further that if the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of the Registrant’s directors shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.
Article VIII of the Registrant’s by-laws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her and against claims, judgments, fines, penalties, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement actually incurred by him or her in defense of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, including appeals, to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
Under Article VIII of the by-laws, the Registrant may, as authorized by its board of directors in the specific case, advance expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a director or officer of the Registrant with respect to the defense of any such claim, action, suit or proceeding prior to the final disposition of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay advanced amounts if and to the extent it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant under the Registrant’s certificate of incorporation or applicable law. However, the advancement of expenses to a director or officer will not be deemed to be indemnification unless and until it is ultimately determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant.
Article VIII of the by-laws further provides that the Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or any person who is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director (or the equivalent), officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees) asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability or expense. The Registrant has purchased directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering many of the possible actions and omissions of persons acting or failing to act in such capacities.
Article VIII of the by-laws further provides that the indemnification and other rights set forth in Article VIII are not exclusive of any other rights to which a current or former director or officer of the Registrant may otherwise be entitled.
Additionally, as permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and some of its officers that contractually provide for indemnification and expense advancement to the maximum extent permitted by law and include related provisions meant to facilitate the indemnitee’s receipt of such benefits.
Item 16. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the exhibit index that immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 17. Undertakings.
(a) Rule 415 Offering . The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however , that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(i) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this registration statement; and
(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in this registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however , that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of this registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into this registration statement or prospectus that is part of this registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in this registration statement or prospectus that was part of this registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
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that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference . The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Request for Acceleration of Effective Date or Filing of Registration Statement Becoming Effective Upon Filing. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question as to whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(d) Qualification of Trust Indentures Under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 for Delayed Offerings. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mobile, State of Alabama, on the 10th day of April 2008.
         
  ENERGYSOUTH, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ C.S. Liollio  
    Name:   C. S. Liollio   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints C.S. Liollio, Charles P. Huffman and G. Edgar Downing, and each of them acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and reconstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, including any additional registration statement relating to the registration of additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dated indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ C.S. Liollio
  President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  April 10, 2008
 
C. S. Liollio
   
 
       
/s/ Charles P. Huffman
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  April 10, 2008
 
Charles P. Huffman
     
 
       
/s/ John C. Hope
  Chairman of the Board   April 10, 2008
 
John C. Hope
     
 
       
/s/ Walter A. Bell
  Director   April 10, 2008
 
Walter A. Bell
     
 
       
/s/ Judy A. Marston
  Director   April 10, 2008
 
Judy A. Marston
     
 
       
/s/ Harris V. Morrissette
  Director   April 10, 2008
 
Harris V. Morrissette
     
 
       
/s/ S. Felton Mitchell
  Director   April 10, 2008
 
S. Felton Mitchell
     

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Signature   Title   Date
 
/s/ Robert H. Rouse
  Director   April 10, 2008
 
Robert H. Rouse
     
 
       
/s/ Thomas B. Van Antwerp
  Director   April 10, 2008
 
Thomas B. Van Antwerp
     
 
       
/s/ J.D. Woodward
  Director   April 10, 2008
 
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mobile, State of Alabama, on the 10 th day of April 2008.
         
  ENERGYSOUTH MIDSTREAM, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Ben J. Reese    
    Name:   Ben J. Reese   
    Title:   President and Chief Operating Officer   
 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints C.S. Liollio, Charles P. Huffman and G. Edgar Downing, and each of them acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and reconstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, including any additional registration statement relating to the registration of additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dated indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Ben J. Reese
  President, Chief Executive Officer and   April 10, 2008
 
Ben J. Reese
   Director (Principal Executive Officer)    
 
       
/s/ Charles P. Huffman
  Executive Vice President, Chief   April 10, 2008
 
Charles P. Huffman
   Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
 
       
/s/ G. Edgar Downing, Jr.
       
 
G. Edgar Downing, Jr.
   Senior Vice President and Director   April 10, 2008
 
       
/s/ C. S. Liollio
       
 
C. S. Liollio
   Director   April 10, 2008

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mobile, State of Alabama, on the 10 th day of April 2008.
         
  ENERGYSOUTH SERVICES, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Ben J. Reese    
    Name:   Ben J. Reese   
    Title:   President and Chief Operating Officer   
 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints C.S. Liollio, Charles P. Huffman and G. Edgar Downing, and each of them acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and reconstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, including any additional registration statement relating to the registration of additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dated indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ Ben J. Reese
  President, Chief Operating Officer   April 10, 2008
 
Ben J. Reese
   and Director (Principal Executive Officer)    
 
       
/s/ Charles P. Huffman
  Executive Vice President, Chief   April 10, 2008
 
Charles P. Huffman
   Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
 
       
/s/ G. Edgar Downing, Jr.
       
 
G. Edgar Downing, Jr.
   Senior Vice President and Director   April 10, 2008
 
       
/s/ C.S. Liollio
       
 
C. S. Liollio
   Director   April 10, 2008

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
No.   Description
 
   
4.1
  Form of indenture for senior debt securities.
 
   
4.2
  Form of indenture for subordinated debt securities.
 
   
5.1
  Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP.
 
   
12.1
  Computation of ratios of earnings to fixed charges.
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
 
   
23.2
  Consent of Alston & Bird LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
 
   
24.1
  Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).
We will file by amendment or pursuant to a report to be filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and incorporated herein by reference (1) any additional underwriting, remarketing or agency agreement relating to the securities offered hereby, (2) any additional instruments setting forth the terms of any debt securities, preferred stock, warrants or guarantees, and (3) any additional required opinions of counsel with regard to the legality of or certain tax matters relative to the securities offered hereby, together with related consents of such counsel.
We will file separately pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act any Form T-1 statement of eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of the trustee for any debt securities.

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